Supported Platforms

In this article:

Hypervisor

Unidesk Enterprise Layer Manager (ELM)

The Unidesk ELM can be installed in the following environments:

• Azure Resource Manager
• Citrix XenServer 6.5, 7.0
• Microsoft Hyper-V, Windows Server 2012 R2
• Nutanix Acropolis
• vSphere vCenter 5.5.x, 6.0.x

Network File Share protocol

• Server Message Block (SMB)

• Network File System (NFS)

  Note: Elastic Layers can only use SMB file shares. NFS shares are not supported for Elastic Layering.

Network connection

• A 10 GB connection is recommended between the Unidesk ELM and the file share.

Image publishing

Unidesk 4 lets you publish to these platforms:

• Citrix MCS for Nutanix AHV

• Citrix MCS for vSphere

• Citrix MCS for XenServer

• Citrix PVS 7.1, 7.6 - 7.9, 7.11 - 7.12 with recommended network speeds to the PVS Store of 10 GB.

• Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 6.5, 7.0 - 7.11

• Microsoft Azure, with recommended network speeds to the Azure publishing location of 10 GB.

• VMware Horizon View 6.x, 7.x

  Note: View Persona Management is not supported with Elastic Layering.

You can use Unidesk Layers and Layered Images with other provisioning systems and hypervisors, although the solution is not fully integrated.

Operating System for Layered Images

• Windows Server 2016, 64-bit (Standard and Datacenter Editions)

• Windows Server 2012 R2, 64-bit (Standard and Datacenter Editions)
• Windows Server 2008 R2, 64-bit (Standard and Datacenter Editions)
• Windows 10, 64-bit
• Windows 7, 64-bit
• Windows 7, 32-bit

Unidesk supports single-byte language packs for the base US English Windows operating system. Language packs must be installed on the OS Machine before importing the OS into a Layer. Language packs installed on a Version added to the OS Layer will not work correctly.

Directory Service

• Microsoft Active Directory

Internet browser

The Unidesk Management Console (UMC) supports the following browsers with Silverlight 4.0 support:

• Internet Explorer v11

• Firefox v45 and later versions that support MS Silverlight 4.0.